Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-17
DISEASES or CATTLE.

IANkANEsN UT AAA Atss
The subject Of disease. Of cattle And
horse. and especially Tuberculosis aud
Pleuro. PnsamohiA u one of growing
impor,Ancs ~ the pssssa, time.
Whe,kef o. a.; ooa suffering from
tuberculosis can communicate thu, dis
ease to the human family through the
milk OF atsh Is question Of great
importsree 10 everybody. Authorities
differ upon this poia,. They also diasr
a. 70 the degree to which Il u contagious
among the animal. themselves. One
thing which Ne al know i. that IL is the
most prevalent disease ia the human
family, and Il Il u found upon scientific
iavssiiga,ion and observation q be con-
tagiogs in any degree. every possible
meas should Be taken 10 eradicate the
disease.
CONTAGIOUS AID Parasitic ptsEAsEs or
ANiNALs
ilssucd by stats nosri ~ iiealthl
The lAS establishing The Stste Board %
Isaiih provides that 'they shall iuvcsu'
gale he causes 90 diseNss occurring
Amoug The stock Aud domestic auimals Ia
The state To those who Arc aware oi
ne close relationship which exists or may
exist bciweeu tas diseases of animals ani
those 90 man II viii sppcar emineuiy nt
ung that tae sanitary supervision OF The
slate shOu't not b. restriCtsd - human
dl.sasrs This ii,A 20 tas inicr'f,iation
hstwetu th- dis ssss % mtn sui % All
mas rcsts upon thc fact 90 the cpmmnni-
cAhulty 90 nan, thruugh couisgioa, %
csrtain Of The diseases Of AnimAis, Ani,
vice vera. of The trAnsmisslsillty Of csr-
tain human dl.eAsss % animals, srd oi
ths further fact that The dstsfl1rstion ~ a
rrsuli of dl.sas- of the qaAiiiy VI the neat
aud milk supp.y may oc cause ~ AamAn
disease.
A. far A. concerns thc transmission Of
diseases frOm The animal - the man, 90
ffom The man % TIE AnlmAl, u may oe sall
that nan - tae greater sureftr 10 tals
exchange. for. whsrvas there are oai lev
of ihe human diseases which may o. given
q animals. a. diphthtfia aud tuhefcalosis,
the uumhsr of animal diseases which may
b. communicated - mAn l. considerably
gfca.cr. among them may Dc mentioned
giantsfs. tuhsrCuiOsis, ANTHRAX, rabies,
f,o,.and. mouth disease, tiph,hsfia, Aud
aciluomycosis. A. srscurg ihe food sap
p'y. not ouly The contagious diseases
Which have ben enumerated, bot Other
cou,Agiou. aud ron coniagious mAiaiiss
nav r,nisr The meat or milk supply posi-
tv,iy dangerous
As,is NON the qaesilons oi puollc heA.ih
there arr other important quesiioas %
human interest Involved In ihe consiicfa'
uon of The coriagi0u. diseases of ari'
n.i--that l.. the question % economics
of prort ard inss 80 Tar, " have been
rmarkAsly Fortunate In oar comparative
,xsmption from those spif >oiic diseases
which may sNif.ly and fatally sweep over
+. country. or whlch. uEe pl,urO- -pnsumonlA
snt tuhsfCuiosis. may more siowiy aud
iusliionsiy disssminAts themselves
Fron either the more ssiftiy or from the
more slo~ly spreading diseases. The
p.cauiAfy loses NAY be- enormous. 10
Fnslaud In 1855 ne cattle plague de-
.troyed s0O. .OoO cattle In France ihe loss
amoug shrsp from ANTHRAX WAS, unui
latsly. ~ .OoO CD ffancs annually in Han.
gary. In few years, glandsrs destroyed
- 90 horses; swine plague hAs some
wears caused llss " s-Q.uNo.oQp ia TIE
Jnltsd states. Aui plsaro-pusam0niA
&C, EaglAud. dufing the nrst twenty I've
wears afsr - Introduction inio that
country, nearly 800. .Ooo,OoO. IhesreHam.
plss show bow gTeAilA bow 10 oar material
prosperity The imp0rtAti0u and failure 10
promptly prevent The spread OF these
animal plaques may bfitg us.
VIVA TIE greater prevalence os some OF
these diseases in some OF Tie stats Ani
counties from Which importstlous ~ cat.
lie ani other animals are made, oar con
tiuusd exemption from these animal dls'
sa.t. can probAbly only b. contiuutd oy
means of avs touching tais subject DOT
far bchiud existing veterinary kno~isdsc.
Bat ln addition % wise laws and slstsn.
OF veterinary police, the tnrcu'enc's OF
anv sach precautionary artaug,mert, A.
In human sanitary mAitsrs, must depend
largely upon The Intelligent watchiuinsss
apd opsraiiou .iof taeir oSn good o.
he local Authorities Sud of TIE people A.
lArre. To help somewhat Ia this dirrc-
ton. this circular Is paollshei f1r Jisifi'
but.on among ih0sc Who are interested To-
or have The care of stock. and Tor those
local authorities whose daiy II l. - guard
against he spfeAi % their contagious
diseases. In 10 Only those Infectious dls-
esss. sre mentioned, which are liable 10
.nr,.d and Assume the form OF serious
ard fatal sp.tootic. or Which are sPseialy
d.nrerou. 20 human lie and health
through thelr infsctive % parasitic quail
ties.